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Civil service union backs CLC Day of Protest President Charles Darrow â€" told a _ press conference that the union will hold a, membership vote at a series of meetings across the province to détermine whether the civil servants ‘walk off the job or not. The decision was made by the 28â€"member execâ€" utive board of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. ~ The union representing 50,000 _ Ontario _ civil servants has announced that it was endorsing the Canadian Labour Congress Day of Protest on October 14th. * ‘"‘The executive board will _ be â€" recommending strongly to the membership that they vote yes and participate fully in ‘the Day of Protest,"" Darrow said. He added that the executive board believed 2 & P.S.B. The Canadian % C Igfifii’f'i'l"_".‘ff-‘_‘?!'l,"f_'!! â€"â€"_ WEAVEERS Wo'nmw.mmnmmw.m WESTMOUNT WEAVERY See our selection of looms and supplies soon. ~ Open Daily 9:30 to 5:30; Thursday & Friday to 9 Westmount Place Shopping Centre, Waterico â€" 576â€"5470 Regional news and views e Meco e Dorothy e Bergere and Cendrel Looms He added that his members had been on the receiving end of a series of job cutbacks which. he described as provincial government initiatives to He explained that the union had â€"been pushed into a corner by dJaws which prohibit it from striking or taking legitimate . political action to change discrimâ€" inatory legislation. ‘ He said his members had just been subjected to massive rollâ€"backs which had cut an average of $500 out of raises granted to civil servants by arbitâ€" ration boards. that participation in the Day of Protest was in the intérests of the union‘s members and that the union will use "every available opportunity‘"‘ to explain to the membership why participation is in their interests. ~ obtain ‘"political brownie poine."" ; _ "‘In the next two years we face more cutbacks in our members‘ jobs plus decreasing wage increases for the members who are left. ‘‘We have been corâ€" nered," he said. ‘"‘We see circumstances â€" becoming progressively worse if we do nothing.. We have to make a stand." 528 Victoria St. N., Kitchener (Beside Weston Bakeries) 745â€"6136. After hours 578â€"7154 Large Indoor Showrooms Darrow said he was FOR SUMMER INSTALLATION YOUR MEMORIAL SHOULD BE ORDEREDNOW * confident that his memâ€" bership would vote yes and that ‘"for the first time in history‘‘ they would engage in a provinceâ€"widg work stoppage on â€" October A . ‘ . %&~ _____Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, September 22, 1976 â€" Page 17 y Market Square, Kitchener â€" §576â€"8270 [ e Complete indvor Gardening .. .. e Making Pottery Without A Wheel © MOCrBM® â€" Techniques and Projpcsts . . . . . . . . . . &a PC e Grow it Indoors ......;........... 4.9€ e Special Orders e School, office, social gtationery SCRIBE BOOKSTORE PLANTS, POTS ‘N HANGERS!